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Dave Briggs2025-06-23T23:01:01-04:00June 23, 2025|
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P L Spencer set the fastest mile by a male sophomore trotter in Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) history, winning the lone $140,000 Leg 2 Gold event on Monday (June 23) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in 1:51.3. The previous record of 1:52 was set by Mister Herbie while winning his OSS Super Final in 2011 at
Dave Briggs2025-06-23T15:19:09-04:00June 21, 2025|
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Favoured Perfectly Chic set a lifetime best of 1:50.4 while winning the $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series Leg 2 event for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday (June 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. It was the first win of 2025 in seven outings for the daughter of Betterthancheddar—Fit N Bad bred by Winbak Farm and
Dave Briggs2025-06-20T21:14:56-04:00June 20, 2025|
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O’Brien Award winner Monalishi posted her first Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series victory of the year, taking the $140,000 Leg 2 event for sophomore trotting fillies on Friday (June 20) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in 1:52.3. James MacDonald piloted the daughter of Green Manalishi S—Pretty Phylly G into third out of Post 4 in the
Dave Briggs2025-06-12T11:51:59-04:00June 12, 2025|
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Driver Doug McNair (above) can now admit he was wrong about Crack Shot, Ontario’s biggest hope in Saturday’s (June 14) $1 million Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park. “At the start of [last] year, I didn't really like the horse, to be honest with you,” McNair said of the Ontario-sired son of 2001
Dave Briggs2025-06-03T17:13:10-04:00June 3, 2025|
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The tears were unexpected, but Todd Ratchford said the magnitude of the moment – made possible by at least three generations of horsepeople in his family that came before him – hit him out of nowhere when he was standing in the winner’s circle and Ritchie Rich was already walking back to the paddock wearing
Dave Briggs2025-05-30T14:42:24-04:00May 29, 2025|
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P L Spencer (above) won the fastest of two $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series events for 3-year-old trotting colts on Thursday (May 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Ritchie Rich was the other winner. In the first OSS event of the night, P L Spencer set a lifetime best 1:54 while winning his first
Dave Briggs2025-05-26T21:36:40-04:00May 26, 2025|
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Sprite Seelster led gate to wire and set a lifetime best of 1:52.4 while posting a 15-1 upset in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series events for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Monday (May 26) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. She was driven to victory by her co-owner Tyler Borth of Ingersoll, ON, who
Dave Briggs2025-05-26T14:05:02-04:00May 26, 2025|
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Trainer Blake MacIntosh (above) said he will decide Tuesday whether to enter Ontario-sired Sterling Choice into Saturday’s Somebeachsomewhere Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park. On Monday, two days after Sterling Choice handily won his $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold test for sophomore pacing colts at Mohawk in a lifetime best 1:50.4, MacIntosh was leaning toward
Dave Briggs2025-05-24T22:48:19-04:00May 24, 2025|
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Sterling Choice and Control Rocks won the two $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series events for 3-year-old pacing colts on Saturday (May 24) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Both winners set career-best miles and had first-time drivers. In the first division (race 6), roan pacer Sterling Choice, bred by Winbak Farm, led most of the
Dave Briggs2025-05-24T20:31:00-04:00May 24, 2025|
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Chantilly, Canada’s reigning Horse of the Year, set a career best 1:49.4 mark while easily besting a field of 10 in the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series event for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday (May 24) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. It was the first OSS Gold event of 2025. Millar Farms’ homebred
